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The
War in Kosovo was a part of the larger
Yugolavian Civil War (AKA the
Third
Balkan
War),
and pitted rebels in Kosovo against the
central government of Serbia. Prior to the
war, Kosovo was a part of Serbia (and
before that, part of Serb-dominated
Yugoslavia). Most Kosovars are
Albanian-speaking Muslims, while most
Serbs are Orthodox Christian, and these
two ethinc and religious groups have a
long
history of
hostility.
After the Croats, Slovenes, and Bosnians
all successfully fought for independence,
the Kosovars followed suit, and as
occurred in Bosnia, the fighitng and
resultant civilian casualties prompted the
NATO alliance to intervene
militarily.
Maps
of Kosovo and the
Balkans
Maps
of
Kosovo--From
the The Perry-Castañeda Library
Map Collection at the University of
Texas at Austin.
The
Conflict
Kosovo:
Chronology of recent
events
From the BBC
A
Beginner's Guide to the
Balkans
primer on the political and historical
complexities of the region. From ABC
News.
FAS
Military Analysis Network: Target
Kosovo
-Information on related military
operations and relevant weapon systems,
as well as a series of profiles of
Serbian security forces deployed in
Kosovo and the KLA.
*This
is a fascinating site with tons of
information on U.S. military operations
going back decades.
Institute
for War & Peace
Reporting
reports from regional reporters
throughout the Balkans.
Jane's
Defense
Weekly--
Updates and information on the weaponry
and tactics of the Kosovo
War.
International
Crisis Group: South Balkans
Project
ongoing analysis and reports on the
situation in Kosovo and the surrounding
areas.
Policy.com:
U.S. Considers Kosovo
Intervention
Daily news brief Jan 27,
1999.
Kosovo
Crisis: Focus on Human
Rights
From Human Rights Watch.
Twenty-Five
Lectures on Modern Balkan
History
- including ethnic geography, Ottoman
and Habsburg rule, and the Serbian
Revolution.
*Lengthy
but interesting background information
on Balkan history as a
whole.
Kosovo:
The
Players
Overview from ABC News.com.
Religious
aspects of the Yugoslavia - Kosovo
conflict-An
interesting analysis of the conflict
with data on the religious aspects of
the combatants. Contains very good
statistics on the Balkans
populations.
Kosovo
:Why do the Serbs
care?
From Out There News.
Mario's
Cyberspace Station: Kosovo
Crisis
Comprehensive resource on the
situation.
Prisoners
of War--Information
from the Yugoslav Army on the U.S.
P.O.W.s
Vranic
Photos and Caption
Information
five graphic photographs of the
massacre, from Human Rights
Watch.
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Kosovar/Albanian
Sites
Republic
of
Kosova
Politics, history, and current events.
In English, French, German, and
Albanian.
Kosova
Task Force
USA
Grassroots Islamic based organization
working to urge the U.S. administration
to ameliorate the crisis.
Kosova
Crisis
Center--Pro
Kosovo web site. Contains many news
links. Produced in support of Albanian
students in Kosovo
Kosovo
Privacy
Project--secure
anonymous email system set up
especially for people in Yugoslavia who
wish to communicate with the outside
world without fear of being
identified.
Radio21
Albanian News
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Serbian/Yugoslav
Sites
CNN
Profile Slobodan
Milosevic
Serbia
and
Montenegro--From
the CIA World Factbook. A good
resource.
Radio
B92 (Serbo-Croatian)
Yugoslavia.com
Information on Yugoslavia/Serbia and
Montenegro.
Kosovo
and Metohija Web
Site
Reflecting national and political views
shared by the Serbian Resistance
Movement Democratic Movement and the
Serbian Orthodox Church.
Federal
Republic of
Yugoslavia--Official
government site.
Free
Serbia-Other Voices from
Serbia--"We
are group of people from Serbia who
have been struggling in the past decade
for democracy and a better future
through various political parties,
non-government organisations, student
organisations and other means of
political activity. Our goal is to
present the current events in Serbia
from our own point of
view."*
Descriptive statement from Free Serbia
website.
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U.S./UK/NATO
Sites
KFOR
Online--
Official website of the NATO Kosovo
Force.
Task
Force Falcon in
Kosovo--Home
page for American Army forces in
Kosovo.
Operation
Allied
Force--Official
website for NATO forces operating
against Yugoslavia.
U.S.
Dept. of Defense: Operation Allied
Force
UK
Ministry of Defence: Foreign Office
Kosovo
Information
- provides current news, images, and
background.
NATO
Operations IFOR &
SFOR
"information relating to NATO's role in
bringing peace in the Former
Yugoslavia."
NATO's
official site
Radio
Free Europe/Radio
Liberty:
Run by the United States
government
BosniaLINK
From the US Department of
Defense.
UK
Ministry of Defense Foreign Office
Kosovo
Information
Provides current news, images, and
background.
Jane's
Defense
Weekly:
NATO forces engaged in
Yugoslavia.
Establishing
a Durable Peace in Bosnia and
Herzegovina
From the U.S. Department of
State.
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Humanitarian
Relief Organizations
American
Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee
American
Red Cross
American
Refugee Committee
CARE
Catholic
Relief Services
Doctors
Without Borders
Food
For the Hungry
International
International
Orthodox Christian
Charities
Kosova
Humanitarian Aid
Organization
Kosovo
Direct
Mercy
Corps International
Oxfam
America
UNICEF
World
Relief
World
Vision
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Peace
Activists
Amnesty
International: Human Rights in the
Balkans--
Human rights violations and the crisis
in Kosovo.
Committee
Against U.S.
Intervention
- includes bulletins, opinion,
cartoons, and an index of
anti-intervention sites and news
stories.
Stop
the
Bombing--includes
a petition to end the NATO
attacks.
Noam
Chomsky: The Current Bombings - Behind
the Rhetoric
-
"The US has chosen a course of action
which, as it explicitly recognizes,
escalates atrocities and violence --
"predictably"; a course of action that
also strikes yet another blow against
the regime of international
order..."
Vietnam
Veterans Against the War
Anti-Imperialist
- part of a network of anti-imperialist
veterans who are proud of our
resistance to U.S. aggression around
the world.
Z
Magazine: Emergency Struggle - US/Nato
Bombings
- series of critical essays from
contributors to the progressive Z
Magazine.
Siahkal
News:
Wars--Web
page devoted to news and politics from
Iran. This page deals with anti-war
activism relating to the wars in Kosovo
and Iraq.
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Media
Sources
Singer
James Blunt 'stopped World War
3'--BBC,
November 15, 2010
CNN:
Strike On Yugoslavia
News
From Yugoslavia.com
Online
NewsHour: Strikes in
Yugoslavia
USIA:
The Crisis in Kosovo
BBC
News Special Report:
Kosovo
CBC
News In Depth: Kosovo in
Crisis
Chicago
Tribune: Conflict in
Kosovo
MSNBC:
Kosovo
Washington
Post: Balkans Report
Kosova
Information Center
Central
Europe
Online:
Introduction to Kosovo
Radio
Free Europe/Radio
Liberty:
Run by the United States
government
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Message
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Yahoo!:
Kosovo Crisis
Chat:
Kosovo chat happens every Sunday at
6-8PM (Eastern Standard time) beginning
May 11. From the e-teen
website.
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